Lineal heavyweight world champion Tyson Fury will be looking to put his bitter rivalry with Deontay Wilder to bed once and for all tonight when he meets the Bronze Bomber for a third time in Las Vegas. The American power puncher is desperate to execute revenge after he was beaten to a pulp last time out in the rematch back in February 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both fighters are yet to return to action since then and the mutual inactivity is one of several factors that make this fight one of the most intriguing heavyweight encounters in modern history.
Fury is adamant he will replicate his brutal stoppage of Wilder as he looks to send the Bronze Bomber into retirement.
Wilder, however, knows he has the capability to close the show within the space of two seconds should he land one of his dynamite right hands.
There has been genuine bad blood between the pair ever since the arbitrator ruled Fury must honour Wilder’s rematch clause, jeopardising the undisputed heavyweight showdown with Anthony Joshua in Saudi Arabia.
The fight was initially due to take place on July 24 before Fury tested positive for coronavirus – something Wilder speculated was faked – just weeks out from the bout.
Bob Arum, Top Rank and PBC must also take enormous credit for the quality of the undercard and from top to bottom, this is one of the greatest PPV bills in recent memory.
Elsewhere, Eddie Hearn and Matchroom boxing are set to deliver an epic domestic show in Liverpool, headlined by Liam Smith versus Anthony Fowler.
There has been plenty of needle between the two scousers and their trainers on fight-week as the two light-middleweights prepare to go to war at the M&S Bank Arena.
Here’s everything you need to know ahead of a massive night of boxing, including schedules, live streams and fight times…
Schedules
Las Vegas, USA
Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder (WBC Heavyweight Title)
Robert Helenius vs Adam Kownacki
Efe Ajagba vs Frank Sanchez – for WBC Continental Americas and WBO NABO heavyweight titles
Robeisy Ramirez vs Orlando Gonzalez Ruiz
Edgar Berlanga vs Marcelo Esteban Coceres – for vacant WBO NABO super-middleweight title
Julian Williams vs Vladimir Hernandez
Jared Anderson vs Vladimir Tereshkin
Rances Barthelemy vs TBA
Viktor Vykhryst vs Mike Marshall
Bruce Carrington vs Cesar Cantu
Liverpool, England
Liam Smith vs Anthony Fowler
Ted Cheeseman vs Troy Williamson
Shannon Courtenay vs Jamie Mitchell
Kieron Conway vs JJ Metcalf
Luke Willis vs Rylan Charlton
Solomon Dacres vs Kamil Sokolowski
Blane Hyland vs Santiago San Eusebio
Pete McGrail vs TBA
Live Streams
Fury versus Wilder is a PPV event available courtesy of BT Sport in the UK.
You can order at the cost of £24.95 and that will also allow you to watch via the app or website. It’s the joint most-expensive boxing PPV event in British history.
Smith versus Fowler will be shown live on DAZN from 7pm and you must be a subscriber in order to tune into the action.
At the moment, you can sign up to DAZN for just £1.99 per month, although the price is expected to rise to £7.99 in due course.
Fight Times
Fury vs Wilder 3 is expected to be a late one or an early one, depending on whether you’re prepared to stay awake or wake up early.
The main event is poised to get underway from around 4am but as always, that is subject to delays from the undercard.
If you want to whet the appetite with a cracking night of British boxing, DAZN is the place to be.
Smith versus Fowler is expected to get underway at around 10pm and that should set things up nicely before you head stateside for yet another mouthwatering heavyweight world title match-up, just two weeks on from Anthony Joshua’s defeat to Oleksandr Usyk.